Combining single Indesign files to make one file

Rather than using the "book" feature in Indesign CS2, I combine single Indesign files into one large (editable) Indesign file this way:
1. Create a NEW Indesign file and SAVE as a new name
2. Open my first existing Indesign file
3. Minimize both files and resize so they are side by side
4. Bring up the PAGES pallette on the first file you want to place
5. In the PAGES pallette, highlight (click on) page 1, hold down shift and click on the last page. This should select all pages.
6. Click and hold, drag these pages to the NEW file.
7. Open each file you wish to include, and repeat the process in the order you would like, until all files are added.
8. I keep the individual files rather than deleting (in this case it is a yearbook which individual students will be working on the following year). The only problem with this is to make sure if last-minute revisions are made to the final (all-inclusive) Indesign file, the same changes need to be made to the individual files.
The main reason I do it this way instead of creating a PDF using the book feature, is for purposes of automatic page numbering within the Indesign file, as well as having the final project in one editable Indesign file.

So, you're combining all the files at the end just for the sake of page numbering (page numbering that you can do in the book files anyway), and you keep the separate files for future revision? Seems incredibly inefficient to me and offers no advantages.

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